Camel Lake Campground

An awesome place to relax.

This is a "primitive" very secluded campsite in the Appalachicola Forest. Only about 15 sites in a loop. Beuatiful small lake and bathrooms. Great getaway surrounded by nature. I would return.

Good other than messy bathrooms. Trash and debris in the showers.

Camel Lake is awesome, if you are looking for peace and quiet, and have nothing to do but relax. It is out of the way, there is no where to go unless you want to travel to get there, there are no tourist traps, fast food restaurants, quaint shops, nothing. It’s a couple slow miles down a packed dirt road that has some rough spots. There is no internet service, and cell phones barely work, so if you want to while your time away surfing the net, you better bring a starlink or similar! There are also signs posted around to not feed the alligators (why is a sign like that needed? lol). It fills up on weekends, but was very quiet during the weekdays. Camp host, Glenn, was very kind and helpful during our stay, although we didn’t have any issues. Our site was spacious and clean, and we were able to level on the hard dirt easily. We didn’t use the water hookup, electric worked fine. There is no dump station, and you must make reservations online before you go, as there is no way to get a site at the campground (and don’t forget you won’t have cell/internet). We love this place and wish we could get back more often,

The campground is nice because it’s small the sites are large and not on top of each other. The sunsets were gorgeous over the lake. You could hike as long as you wanted since the FL trail passes right by.
During our 3 day 2 nights, the toilet paper got replenished, but never any soap. The floors never got swept either in the women’s bathroom.

Great site and view. Quiet area. Use caution during hunting season as they run dogs in the some of the surrounding area.

Arrived at the campground to find someone on our assigned site. Tried calling the campground number, but it was after hours. Called Recreation.gov, agent expected me to tell the person on the site that it was reserved for us and they would need to move. This is NOT something that should be done by me, rather by a park employee or camp host. We ended up taking a chance and setting up on another camp site that was reserved for the night we were staying. Fortunately no one showed up for that site that evening. Very upset with the advice of the recreation.gov agent's suggestion.

Great little campground. Well kept. I will probably visit again when I go down to Florida

bathroom floors look like they havent been cleaned in day s (weeks?)

I almost don’t want to tell anyone how good this place is. It’s rustic but it’s so quiet, so gorgeous. The glory of the panhandle pine ecosystem is fully demonstrated here. Sunsets are out of this world. Trails galore straight out of the site . The road is rough coming in but it’s only 2 mi. Cell coverage is horrible but honestly you’re too busy enjoying the woods to really care. Showers are hot and private. Bathroom always clean. The dump site is kinda far at Wright lake but the bathrooms are so close to every site it doesn’t matter. We’ve been here a ton of times. Hosts are always different people each time but really nice and helpful.